The sun is out this morning but the wind has kicked up as well. I opened up a new tin of Maritime Morning tobacco from Brigham Enterprises, Inc. and loaded up a bowl in my J.M.Boswell Churchwarden pipe. Right out of the tin you get the scent of Latakia--the campfire aroma that I really, really like. The blend is made up of Oriental tobaccos with Bright and Red ribbon cut of Virginia's. As usual, I have my IM Corona Old Boy lighter and a Plateau Briar Tamper from Aaron Strange (@briarboy on IG) tools for this morning's duties. When lit, the tobacco produces a full smoke with a very mellow flavor of sweet smoked meat (I know, I know...a familiar description). I had to re-light the baccy a few times but I think the the wind out on the deck was the culprit. This is a very relaxing smoke from beginning to end and I'm diggin' it! This was yet another good tobacco to start my morning off right! Happy hump day...go out and enjoy it!! Keep on pipin' pipe smokers!!
This morning was wet and dreary but I made it out onto the deck for a smoke of a new aromatic blend called Stanwell Vanilla. It is a blend of Danish Dark Cavendish, Burley and Virginia tobaccos with Samsun from Turkey, which I smoked in my Stanwell Zebrano--it only made sense. Right out if the tin I could smell the Vanilla--duh. The tobacco appears to be a cube cut of all three tobaccos. I packed it lightly in the Zebrano, lit it with my IM Corona Old Boy (did I mention that I love this lighter?), and smoke it! It produced a nice full smoke which I enjoy, and the arima of vanilla is apparent. The taste on my palate also reminds me of cooked sweet meat--like cooking on an open fire while camping :) I enjoy this taste and is seems like anything, or majority of anything I smoke has left this taste on my palate. I enjoy the aromatics but I feel that I really prefer the "standard" full flavored tobaccos over anthing else. It still isn't a bad tobacco to start the day!
Today I tried a new tin of pipe tobacco called Rattray's 7 Reserve in my JSG Stubby Poker. When I opened the tin, I noticed the light Virginia and Black Cavendish ribbon tobacco. It had a campfire aroma of the Latakia. I've read that it also contains Oriental spices but my sniffer and palate aren't refined enough to identify all of the aromas and flavors, but I'm working on it. A local tobacconist at Ted's Tobacco in Omaha let me sniff a few tobacco blends, and Latakia is what I remember the most. This is what I could smell right out of the tin. I filled the bowl loosely and lit it with my new Im Corona Old Boy lighted (loving this new tool!). All I can say is that it burned quite nicely! After a half bowl, I really thought about what I could taste and I noticed a burning wood and metallic/tinny flacor on my palate. It wasn't a bad thing in my opinion--not overpowering at all...just a mild smoke. I belive that the loose pack of the bowl helped with a smooth burning of the tobacco which produced plenty of puffy smoke. It is a quite nice and relaxing tobacco blend!
Today I tried a bowl or two of Samuel Gawith's Kendal Cream, pre- & post-work with different results. Early in the morning I smoked it in my JSG Stubby Poker with a Waist pipe without letting the tobacco dry out so it was another "re-lighting" session. The tobacco has a floral, bread & honey scent in the tin. It is a mild smoke with a light taste of the similar "cooked sweet meat" of the Kendal Twist tobacco that I had yesterday. I ejoyed this flavor even with the many re-lights. I don't think that a windy morning helped. At the end of the work day I gave it another shot but this time I rubbed the tobacco and then let it sit for two hours to dry out. A loosely packed and smoked bowl of Kendal Cream in my restored Savinelli Oscar 127 from Ric Farrah at Briarville Pipe Restoration and Repair produced better results. The "cooked sweet meat" flavor was more prevalent. It was an enjoyable smoke that ended much sooner than I wanted! So far I'm really enjoying the different types of Samuel Gawith tobacco.
Yesterday I received a couple of packages from fellow IG-ers; one from Mike Lancaster at TPC (www.tobaccopipecollectors.com), and one from Aaron Strange (www.etsy.com/shop/BriarBoy). Now the Stubby Poker with a Waist was crafted by Jan Szymon Golowacz in Poland and stamped JSG. It's a bitty little pipe with very nice bark carving marks on the black bowl and natural wood grain on top and bottom--looks like a tree stump! I really love any pipe that can stand on its own. I smoked a bowl of some Cherry Bomb tobacco last night and I didn't want it to end! It draws nicely and it's a great little poker. Jan is a awesome pipe maker...I wish him much success in Poland--JSG pipes are welcomed into my collection any time!!The Plateau Briar Tamper is a very unique and well made piece if art which features beautiful colored grain, root "bumps", for a lack of a better word, style and metal rings! That's right, metal rings. As I mentioned to Aaron on IG, "it looks too purrty to git dirty". it has such a smooth polish with both soft and hard edges. BriarBoy is a artist and craftsman and everyone should enjoy any one of his tampers!
The Doomed and the Damned I know this isn't pipe-related, but I'm a recent Instagram follower of David Paul Seymour who is a pen & ink artist from Minneapolis. He creates fantastic posters and album covers for bands and I'm a fan of his work (I still enjoy spinnin' vinyl now and then). I just made a purchase and can't wait to see it up close and personal! Visit his site at http://dps.storenvy.com and buy his work!
This is my first entry using Weebly which will showcase some of my tobacco pipes, pipe-related items, and more specifically Instagram photos taken on the subject. This is sort if my new "hobby" (who knows how long it will last because my focus changes like the weather), so here we go...There are many good leather artisans out there who create beautiful artwork for pipes which reminded me of an unused iPhone stand that I received as a free gift from "sissy" (my sister-in-law MaryJo). It is leather, collapsible, and good enough to function as a pipe stand. And what's even better is that is was free!! It'll be something I use on a daily basis...until I decide to move on to something new! Like I said...my mind changes like the weather. So there you have it...my first entry! As Mike Lancaster @tobaccopipecollectors would say..."sweet smokes!".
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